Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Sunday – February 13, 2022
“Well, say, this beats croquet. There’s more go about it!” “Mark Twain at Football Game,” New York World, Sunday November 18, 1900
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“Well, say, this beats croquet. There’s more go about it!” “Mark Twain at Football Game,” New York World, Sunday November 18, 1900
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – ’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.” Mark Twain
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.” Mark Twain
“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” Mark Twain
“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” Mark Twain
“When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.” Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper, 1881
“Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897
“A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator, 1897
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” Mark Twain
“It’s better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is almost always right.”